Phillies make major trade deadline move for All-Star closer Jhoan Duran from Twins: reports

The Philadelphia Phillies swung big and landed Minnesota Twins closer Jhoan Duran in a strong move before the MLB business deadline according to multiple reports Philadelphia was searching for a high-leverage reliever and with the Twins in full sell mode they pounced for the veteran Duran who has saves for the Twins in games this year The Phillies are reportedly sending two of their top prospects right-hander Mick Abel and catcher Eduardo Tait to the Twins as the crux of the transaction per USA The present day CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS COMDuran was one of the biggest contract targets this summer given the Twins stance and how valuable he is for a franchise trying to make a World Series push The Phillies needed specific bullpen help and Dave Dombrowski unloaded coveted prospects to make sure the club had one of the best closers in the challenge on their side for the rest of the year TWINS CLOSER FUELS CONTRACT RUMORS AFTER HUGGING BULLPEN CATCHER MID-GAMEDuran featuring a triple-digit fastball and one of the best splitters in all of baseball has pitched to a ERA over his career which includes saves over chances in the past four seasons combined Duran s production is worthy of particular big contract pieces but so is the fact that he is under unit control until the season So this deal helps now and for the next two Phillies campaigns Philadelphia has been searching for that trip back to the World Series which last came in when they lost to the Houston Astros in six games They made it to the NLCS in but lost Encounter to the Arizona Diamondbacks Then in the Phillies couldn t handle the New York Mets losing in four games in the division series The Phillies have the bats and starting pitching to make a run and their bullpen just got a huge upgrade to help face a gauntlet of National League teams come October Follow Fox News Digital s sports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter